Film

Odyssey review – estate agents, cocaine and mental collapse in a jagged London thriller

Director Gerard Johnson’s last feature was the impressively stacked Muscle, a dark thriller featuring a never-better Craig Fairbrass as a menacing personal trainer in Newcastle who takes over the life of his client Simon (Cavan Clerkin), luring him into a sinister subculture. Polly Maberly played Simon’s distant wife whose froideur partially sets the plot in […]

Statue of Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones to be unveiled in London

Bridget Jones, the character created by Helen Fielding and played by Renée Zellweger in four films, is to be immortalised in bronze in central London. The new statue will be unveiled on 17 November and joins a number of others portraying key icons of cinema in Leicester Square, home to four cinemas and numerous red […]

A Night Like This review – two strangers roam the London nighttime on Christmas eve

As well as its mellow walk-and-talk premise, the enduring magic of Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise hinges its tightly constructed script and the singular chemistry between its two idiosyncratic leads. Like other film-makers inspired by this indie classic, Liam Calvert regrettably falls into the trap of focusing solely on the all-in-one-night conceit at the expense of […]

‘Scariest horror film’ that won’t ever join streaming gets rare UK screenings

I watched upcoming horror films for 5 days and this is what you need to see

FrightFest once again took over Leicester Square’s Odeon Luxe this month for an array of spine-chilling and stomach-churning horror offerings. Now in its 26th year, the acclaimed film festival boasts more than 70 features and shorts for attendees to enjoy across five days, with world premieres and special guest appearances aplenty. Last year saw Oscar […]

‘Pink Floyd were my landscape. I was a hippy’: Pierce Brosnan revisits his old London haunts

It is a weekday morning and I am standing beside Pierce Brosnan on a deserted backstreet, watching a woman in a hairnet and white wellies hosing down the entrance to a fishmarket. The former James Bond is in full flow. “You know the scene in MobLand where I’ve got my foot on that guy’s throat […]

This disturbing upcoming horror film left me sick to my stomach

Every now and again, you watch a film that makes your blood run cold and your stomach turn. For horror fans in the UK, they’re likely to find such a flick at FrightFest, taking place in 2025 at London’s Odeon Luxe. In years gone by, the film festival has screened disturbing delights such as Audition, […]

Prince Charles cinema looks to expand to second venue in east London

The Prince Charles cinema is planning to expand to a second site in the capital despite being locked in a battle over the future of its original location in central London. The independent cinema, which is known for showing a wide-ranging selection of cult films from across the history of cinema, has put in a […]

‘My moment of glory’: Nicolas Cage lookalikes assemble in London

On a sunny, bustling late afternoon outside a cinema in Soho, central London, more than 100 people have gathered, a number of whom sort of, if you squint, look a little bit like the actor Nicolas Cage. There is a Raising Arizona Cage, moustachioed and with a Hawaiian shirt. There are several Con Air Cages […]

Going for Goldblum: fans flock to Jurassic Park star Jeff in London

In what was once a red-light district, between a furniture shop and a recruitment agency, Jeff Goldblum is selling T-shirts. And not only T-shirts, the Hollywood A-lister is also selling his own jazz albums, while meeting fans and signing their merchandise. He has not had to work too hard to sell himself to the crowds […]